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How to Become a Wedding Officiant: Make Up to $300 an Hour on the Weekend

May 5, 2026May 1, 2026

Officiating a wedding for close friends is a special honor, but it can also be a fun weekend side hustle.

After all, there are 2.5 million weddings in the US every year, with an average cost of $28,000! That spells a great opportunity to help families celebrate love and make some money at the same time.

In this guide, we’ll look at what wedding officiants do, the legal requirements to become one, and the potential income. We’ll also look how to market your wedding officiant business and get customers.

My Side Hustle Replaced My Salary in 5 Months (and Then Sold for $700k!)

April 30, 2026

By month five, Jayden Clark’s dropshipping side hustle was generating more profit than his corporate salary. Two years after that, he sold the business for $700,000. The twist: he never bought a single unit of inventory upfront.

Jayden was 27 when a post-vacation reality check made him realize he couldn’t spend the next 40 years living for one week off a year. After exploring Amazon FBA, he landed on high-ticket dropshipping — selling products over $1,000 through domestic UK and US suppliers.

He quit his job at month nine and sold the business two years later. Today he runs the 1% Ecom Club, a Skool community of about 150 high-ticket e-commerce business owners, and actively builds two more stores.

The 37 Best Items to Flip for a Profit: $50-5,000 a Month Part-Time

May 14, 2026April 25, 2026

What are the best products to flip for a profit?

Buying low and selling high is a mega-popular business for side hustlers and big corporations alike. (Think Walmart and Amazon!)

With product flipping, you can turn bargain-hunting prowess into profits. In this post, you’ll learn how turn your love of online classifieds, flea markets, yard sales, and thrift stores into an extra income stream.

14 Ways to Make Money With a Truck: Up to $1,000 a Day!

May 5, 2026April 24, 2026

Between the sticker price, gas, insurance, and maintenance, owning a truck isn’t cheap.

That’s why I put together this list of the best ways to make money with a truck. It’s a machine built to work, and it’s time to turn it into a money-making tool!

Meet the Master Reseller Who Gets Literally Tons of Inventory for Free

April 23, 2026

What if your inventory cost you nothing, and companies actually called you to come take it?

That’s the business Angie Nelson has built over the last 18 years. She runs Angie’s Green Go Surplus on eBay and eWasteDirect.com, an electronic recycling company in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Her team does five to seven business pickups a day, collecting roughly 50,000 pounds of e-waste every month — for free — and then sorts, tests, and resells it through one of the most active eBay stores around.

29 Odd Job Apps To Make Extra Money In Your Spare Time: Up to $100/hr

May 6, 2026April 20, 2026

Looking to make some extra money with odd jobs?

The good news is there are lots of odd job apps that can help you earn money on a flexible schedule.

21 Ways to Make Money on the Weekend: $500+ a Month

May 4, 2026April 13, 2026

Picking up a new side hustle or weekend job can be a great way to make extra money.

In fact, more people than ever are doing just that. Per the U.S. Census Bureau report, about 13M U.S workers have more than one job.

In this post, I’ll share some of the most popular weekend jobs–and hopefully a few you’ve never thought of too!

Online Focus Groups: 27 Paid Research Companies that Pay Up to $250 an Hour for Your Opinion

May 7, 2026April 10, 2026

I recently participated in a paid focus group in San Francisco. You know, the kind with the one-way mirror on the wall.

We talked about travel habits and preferences for an hour and half, and I got paid $150 for my time and opinions. Not bad!

$25K/mo from a Vibe-Coded App, $10K/mo Selling “Fake” Watches, and More

April 9, 2026

What can a crossing guard, a car negotiator, and a mindfulness bracelet teach you about building a side hustle? Quite a bit, it turns out.

Jason VanDevere is the creator of the Goal Crazy and Goal Crazy Planners, author of Dream Driven: The Step-by-Step Process to Discover Your Perfect Business Idea and Launch it This Year, and a longtime real estate investor.

He’s a serialpreneur who brings a sharp eye for opportunity, and this episode is packed with them.

The 15 Best Side Hustles for Firefighters: Earn $1000/mo in Your Spare Time

May 4, 2026April 7, 2026

What are the best side hustles for firefighters?

Given their unique schedule, just about every firefighter I’ve met has had at least one side hustle!

According to Career Explorer, firefighters earn an average of $78,000 a year — but have lots of downtime to pursue other money-making ventures. Here are my top picks.

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